Topic: counsel may have made a tactical decision not to request su… · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 13 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Johnson.

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1 People v. Johnson Anchor
illappct · 2006
green “counsel may have made a tactical decision not to request such an instruction to avoid unduly emphasizing the other-crimes evidence.” 4
2 United States v. Pierre Dawson and Alphonso Ingram
ca7 · 2005
green “as a device for enforcing nonconstitutional rules," exclusion is "disfavored” 3
3 People v. Brown
illappct · 1984
green “now i don't know why isn't here. is he afraid to take the stand? is he afraid to tell the truth? will the truth hurt the defendant? i don't know.” 3
4 People v. Lopez
illappct · 2007
green “intent, motive, or absence of mistake” 3

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